Artist Opportunities from the North Carolina Arts Council

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Artist Opportunities

The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions.

The Arts Council does not endorse or recommend any specific opportunities, but provides this list for information only. We encourage artists to research each opportunity thoroughly before applying. Artist opportunities may be submitted to jennifer.huggins@ncdcr.gov.

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General Arts Opportunities

ImaginOn, Charlotte
The Global Family Story Festival Series is a collaboration between the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County and International House taking place at ImaginOn in the winter and spring 2010. The festival is open to performing groups as well as visual artists. Anchor events include story performers and visual artists in action.

Deadline: November 13
For more information: Contact Beth Murray, Education Coordinator, at (704) 416-4603 and visit www.imaginon.org/index.asp to learn more about ImaginOn.

Performing Artists

Community MusicWorks, Providence, R.I.
Community MusicWorks (CMW) announces a call for applications for its two-year Fellowship Program. From September 2010 through June 2012, CMW is seeking qualified violists and cellists to work 25 hours/week with a $15,000 stipend/year. CMW's Fellowship Program is an opportunity for young professional violinists, violists and cellists to spend two years performing, teaching and mentoring alongside the Providence String Quartet in underserved urban neighborhoods of Providence, R.I.

Deadline: December 1
For more information: Visit www.communitymusicworks.org/Fellowship.htm or contact Minna Choi, Fellowship Program Coordinator, at (401) 861-5650.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Md.
The National Endowment for the Arts and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announce the availability of guidelines for the 2009–2010 cycle of USArtists International (USAI), a program designed to support American performing artists at international festivals. USAI provides support for American dance, music and theatre artists who have been invited to participate in international festivals anywhere in the world outside of the U.S.

Deadline: January 8
For more information: www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists

Literary Artists

Project S.A.G.E.
Project S.A.G.E. (Saving the Aging's Great Experience) seeks prose, poetry and photography that is inspirational, true and based on life experience.

Deadline: November 15
For more information: Visit projectsage.com/Co-author_a_Book.html for submission guidelines or email jcurtis@iodinc.com.

Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs
The Broad River Review, the literary magazine of Gardner-Webb University, welcomes submissions of original and unpublished fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction for its next annual issue to appear in May 2010. Interested writers may submit up to five poems (up to 10 pages), one short story (up to 4,000 words) or one nonfiction piece (up to 4,000 words). Writers may submit in multiple genres, but please do not submit multiple times in any particular genre. Writers may submit by regular mail or by email, although email is preferred. In a cover letter, please include a brief biographical entry, as well as titles and genres of all submitted works. If submitting by email, please attach Microsoft Word or Rich Text files only. Submissions may be sent to The Broad River Review, P.O. Box 7224, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, N.C., 28017 or emailed to the address below.

Deadline: November 15
For more information: Email broadriverreview@gardner-webb.edu or call (704) 406-3222.

Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minn.
A $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf Press will be awarded to the most promising and innovative literary nonfiction project by a writer not yet established in the genre. Robert Polito, director of the Graduate Writing Program at the New School, will serve as the judge. Electronic submissions will not be accepted.

Deadline: Reading period is the month of January 2010
For more information: www.graywolfpress.org

Visual Artists

Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, Calif.
The Coastal Arts League (CAL) Museum invites artists to participate in the 25th Annual CAL Juried Show Dec. 9–30. Prizes ranging from $50 to $500 will be awarded.

Deadline: November 15
For more information: Visit www.coastalartsleague.com/cal_juried or contact Patricia Dailey at patriciadailey@gmail.com or (650) 906-9855.

Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County
The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County invites artists and crafters to apply as vendors at A Dickens Holiday. The event will be held in Historic Downtown Fayetteville Nov. 27 and is expected to draw more than 10,000 people.

Deadline: November 17
For more information: www.theartscouncil.com

The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its Elements of Water Juried Exhibition February 19–March 13, 2010. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Deadline: November 17
For more information: Visit www.c4fap.org/cfe/2009ElementsOfWater, email exhibitions@c4fap.org or call (970) 224-1010.

Palm Beach County, Fla.
Palm Beach County's Art in Public Places program is seeking artist(s) to assist in the design of site specific artwork for the new Belle Glade Branch Library. The selected artist(s) will collaborate with the project team to identify and design integrated, functional artistic experiences that immerse youth, families and caregivers in environments that promote learning and literacy.

Deadline: November 23
For more information: www.pbcgov.com/fdo/art/calls.htm

ifontis.com
Art(Raw)09 International Juried Competition is sponsored by ifontis.com and is open to all subjects and still media. This event is aimed at stripping art down to its fundamental elements. The online exhibition will take place March 1–April 30, 2010. Total prize money of $7,000 will be awarded.

Deadline: November 30
For more information: Visit www.artraw09.com or contact Jason Schiller at jason.schiller@ifontis.com.

Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, Minn.
Elk River Arts Alliance is accepting entries for the 15th Annual Arts in Harmony National Show February 8–March 25, 2010. All media including, digital, mixed media, glass, watercolor, oil, pastel, ceramics and photography are accepted.

Deadline: December 4
For more information: Download a prospectus (pdf) at www.elkriverart.org/ArtsinHarmonyProspectus2010.pdf or contact Cherene at elkriverart@sherbtel.net or (763) 441-4725.

New American Paintings, Boston, Mass.
New American Paintings is accepting applications for its Southeast Exhibition in Print. The competition is open to all artists working within the U.S. All styles and media are welcome as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional. Winners receive a full-color spread in the print publication New American Paintings.

Deadline: December 31
For more information: www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html

Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.
The Figure Now Exhibition 2010 International Juried Exhibition is open to all artists residing in the U.S. and Canada. Work portraying the contemporary human figure will be accepted. The call is open to drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography. The Figure Now Exhibition will take place Feb. 5–26, 2010.

Deadline: January 6
For more information: Download a prospectus (pdf) at www.fontbonne.edu/downloads/TheFigureNowProspectus.pdf or contact Ellen Gochnour at egochnour@fontbonne.edu or (314) 719-3580.

Embracing Our Differences, Sarasota, Fla.
Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 7th annual visual art exhibition celebrating diversity. Selected works will be presented in billboard-size during the months of April and May 2010.

Deadline: January 9
For more information: Visit www.embracingourdifferences.org or call (941) 928-0567.

Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Ga.
Artists are invited to submit entries for the 7th Biennial Georgia Perimeter Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit to be held on the central campus of Georgia Perimeter College Jan. 25–March 5, 2010. Slides or digital image files submitted on a CD or via email are acceptable if received with a completed entry form.

Deadline: January 12
For more information: Visit www.gpc.edu/~gpcarts/OS_prospectus.htm or contact Don Dougan at ddougan@gpc.edu, (770) 427-4717 or (404) 906-8990.

Previous Listings

Listed below are previous postings that are still active with links to our Artist Opportunities archives page. You may check the archives page at any time to review all Artist Opportunities that have been posted to date.

Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, N.Y.
Deadline: November 6

Caldwell Arts Council
Deadline: November 9

HarborArts, Boston, Mass.
Deadline: November 9

United States Mint, Plainfield, Ind.
Deadline: November 9

City of Wylie, Tex.
Deadline: November 9

The Surdna Foundation, New York, N.Y.
Deadline: November 13

Theatre Art Galleries, High Point
Deadline: November 13

The Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, Fla.
Deadline: November 13

Lake Norman Art League, Davidson
Deadline: November 14

4 Bridges Arts Festival, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Deadline: November 15

Strange Beauty Film Festival, Durham
Deadline: November 15

TransCultural Exchange, Boston, Mass.
Deadline: November 15